Electric car manufacturer Tesla is struggling to produce enough of its Model 3 cars to meet the high demand. To address the issue, it has been expanding their factory.
It has now built a huge tent behind its factory to house an additional production line. Over 400 permits from the local authority have been granted for Tesla to build extensions to its factory and to renovate existing buildings.
Since 2016, the company owned by Elon Musk has spent $21.4 million (£16.2m) reconfiguring the i...
The thinking behind open-plan office is that they increase collaboration and interaction between employees, but a new study by Harvard academics Ethan S Bernstein and Stephen Turban has indicated that this is not the case.
The study found that employees spend 73% less time on face-to-face communications. Changing to an open-plan design increases email and other digital messages by 67%.
Organisations that arrange office furniture in an open plan style claim that this encourages better commun...
Virtual reality (VR) is often used in fire safety training, but it can be expensive technology. A new system that is inexpensive can be used to improve the safety of work sites.
A VR headset and suitable software can be used to allow people to experience hazardous working situations without risk. For example, in the oil and gas industry workers use throbbing jacks that are used to cap well heads when there is unbalanced pressure. This is a dangerous operation, so workers are trained on a VR ...
Food giant Nestlé is teaming up with XPO logistics to design a new digital warehouse at the new SEGRO East Midland Gateway Logistics Park in Leicestershire. This 638,000 square foot distribution centre will act as a testbed for the prototype XPO technology.
Expected to be completed by 2020, the £55 million warehouse will have advanced sorting systems and robotics. Automation from Swisslog Logistics Automation will be tested. Nestlé said:
“The site’s digital ecosystem will integrate predi...
